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Montserrat: In parliamentary elections, the New People's Liberation Movement of former chief minister John Osborne wins 7 of 9 seats in the Legislative Council and the National Progressive Party of former chief minister Reuben Meade 2. Osborne is sworn in as chief minister on April 5. Margaret Dyer-Howe becomes finance minister.

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Moldova: Parliament elects Communist Party leader Vladimir Voronin as president with 71 votes against 15 for Prime Minister Dumitru Braghis and 3 for another communist candidate, Valerian Cristea. Voronin is installed on April 7. On April 11 he nominates Vasile Tarlev to be prime minister. Tarlev is confirmed by parliament on April 19. Vasile Draganel becomes interior minister and Victor Gaiciuc defense minister in the cabinet sworn in on April 20; Finance Minister Mihai Manoli and Foreign Minister Nicolae Cernomaz are retained.New Zealand: Dame Silvia Cartwright is sworn in as governor-general.

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Yemen: President Ali Abdullah Saleh appoints a new cabinet; it includes Abu Bakr al-Qirbi as foreign minister, Abdullah Ali Eleiwa as defense minister, and Rashad al-Alimi as interior minister. It is sworn in on April 7.

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Andorra: A new government is formed with Juli Minoves Triquell as foreign minister, Mireia Maestre Cortadella as finance minister, and Jordi Visent Guitart as interior minister.

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Peru: In presidential elections, Alejandro Toledo wins 36.5% of the vote, followed by former president Alan García Pérez with 25.8% and Lourdes Flores with 24.3%; in parliamentary elections, Toledo's Perú Posible wins 26.3% against 19.8% for García's American Popular Revolutionary Alliance and 13.9% for Flores' National Unity.Russia: In elections in Evenkia autonomous okrug, Boris Zolotarev wins 51.8% of the vote against 25.3% for Yevgeny Vasilyev. In a runoff in Amur oblast, Leonid Korotkov wins more than 49% of the vote, defeating Head of the Administration Anatoly Belonogov (42.8%). In Tula oblast, Head of the Administration Vasily Starodubtsev receives 49.1% of the vote; his nearest challenger Andrey Samoshin subsequently withdraws from the race, leaving third-placed Viktor Sokolovsky (who also tries to withdraw, but a district court denies his request) to face Starodubtsev in a runoff.Taiwan: Former governor (1972-78) Shieh Tung-min dies.

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Guyana: A new cabinet is named, including Saisnarine Kowlessar as finance minister.

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China: Former Jilin governor (1977-80) Wang Enmao dies.

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Czech Republic: Jirí Rusnok is named finance minister, following the resignation of Pavel Mertlík.

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Vanuatu: Prime Minister Barak Sopé is ousted in a vote of no confidence. Edward Natapei is elected prime minister. Joe Bomal Carlo is appointed finance minister and Alain Mahe foreign minister in the new cabinet.

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Samoa: Former prime minister (1982, 1985-88) Va'ai Kolone dies.

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India: Former Madhya Pradesh governor (1990-93) Kunwar Mahmood Ali Khan dies.Russia: In a runoff election in Tula oblast, Head of the Administration Vasily Starodubtsev wins more than 71% of the vote against 17% for Viktor Sokolovsky. In Kemerovo oblast, Head of the Administration Aman Tuleyev wins a second term with 93% of the vote.

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Vietnam: Nong Duc Manh becomes secretary-general of the Communist Party.Yugoslavia: In parliamentary elections in Montenegro, "Victory is Montenegro" which includes President Milo Djukanovic's Democratic Party of Socialists and the Social Democrat Party wins 42% of the vote (36 of 77 seats) against 40.6% (33 seats) for the "Together for Yugoslavia" bloc led by the Socialist People's Party; the Liberal Alliance takes 7.9% (6 seats). Turnout is 81.8%.Yugoslavia: Fadil Hoxha, president of the Assembly (1945-53, 1967-69) and chairman of the Executive Council (1945-63) of Kosovo, dies.

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Cameroon: A new government is formed including François Xavier Ngoubeyou as foreign minister, Laurent Esso as defense minister, Michel Meva'a M'Eboutou as finance minister, and Ferdinand Koungou Edima as interior minister.

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The Netherlands: Former prime minister (1971-73) Barend Biesheuvel dies.Senegal: In parliamentary elections, the coalition formed by President Abdoulaye Wade's Senegalese Democratic Party wins 89 seats, against 11 seats for the Alliance of Progressive Forces, 10 for the Socialist Party, and 3 for the Union for Democratic Renewal. Turnout is 67.4%.